Ex-Orange County Cop Who Headed U.S. Embassy Security in Libya Resigns
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Charlene R. Lamb--a California Polytechnic University at Pomona graduate--began her law enforcement career as a police officer in the city of Orange, eventually joined the state department's Diplomatic Security Division and most recently served as a deputy assistant secretary at the federal agency.
Lamb was responsible for embassy security that has been labeled as "grossly inadequate" and "a massive failure" by members of congress.
"I made the best decisions I could with the information I had," Lamb told a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee in October. "We had the correct number of assets in Benghazi at the time of 9/11."
Lamb's state department biography celebrated her career as "rising quickly" and noted that she repeatedly volunteered for high-risk, overseas assignments in places like Lebanon, Jordan and Tel Aviv.
During her career, she won numerous awards for outstanding public service and is given credit for the capture of an FBI-wanted terrorist in Tanzania, according to the state department.
Terrorists stormed the poorly protected U.S. government property in Benghazi on Sept. 11 and killed Ambassador Chris Stevens.
Orange County Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-Costa Mesa) has repeatedly claimed without evidence that President Barack Obama masterminded a pro-Muslim terrorist protection strategy to help him win re-election following the attack.
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